Any one elses dog get the runs from Wellness?? My dog has been on Wellness Fish and Sweet potatoes for 2 months and now hes had the runs for about 2 weeks. The pet stores around here dont sell Canidae or Innova or Timberwolf. I dont know what to do??

ok i just found a place that sells Canidae, its about 25 mins away and i have one more ? Because he already has diarhea, should i still mix his old food with his new for a while or just switch it cold turkey?? Thanks a lot

If your dog has been on this food for two months and the runs are recent I would look to another culprit before I jumped to a diet switch. I just went through about 8 weeks of horrible runs with my dog for what was believed to be food related. It may or may not have been a combination of that and other things though.

Also, the Wellness is a better food than the Canidae. Many people have been reporting problems with it recently and you never really hear about them from the Wellness. Is there a condition as to why you are using the F&SP? Can you try one of the Super5's?

I agree with Moto 100%, if he's been fine till recently usually he's gotten into something or has some kind of intestinal issue. If he's been drinking out of streams, or rivers and what not I would suspect Giardia. It's a nasty little bugger and can be difficult to get rid of. If you aren't dealing with allergies you might try the chicken or lamb, rotating through the formulas isn't a bad idea anyway, variety is a good thing. If you stay with in a brand you shouldn't have problems with tolerance.

Fish and sweet potatoe is the only one they have in my area. I believe. I actually just found out another place that sells wellness in my area and im going there today after work to see which ones they sell. My puppy has a vet appt. tommorow so im going to see what they reccommend. Thanks for the advice

Interesting....Fish and Sweet Potato is usually a food used for dogs with allergys. The Super5 mix Chicken or Lamb is much more widely sold. Maybe ask your pet store if they will get it. If they are ordering from that company in the first place there is no reason not to get a different food in the same line.

Giardia is a bacteria that dogs and humans can contract as well,from many things, usually water contamination. Think: People drinking the water in Mexico. My Vet perscribed Metronidazole to cover Giardia or other types of bacterial overgrowth two 250mg caps twice a day. A heavy dose for a dog that didn't show Giardia on tests, but thats what it took.

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I found a place that sells all the different formulas of Wellness. His appt isnt until next week, i had the wrong date. So should I go and by the Super 5 mix and see if there is any improvement. I would like to keep him on the Fish and Sweet Potato, his coat is beautiful.

I would wait until after the Doctors visit. You don't want to be in the position I was in, on meds and in the middle of a food switch. That way you don't know what stoppepd the runs when something works. You will have the nice coat on any of the Wellness foods. The second main protien source in the Super5 Lamb is fish anyway. Good luck.

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Has anyone tried the new Premium Edge Adult Dog Skin & Coat kibble? I used to feed the Adult Chicken Premium Edge and it was a decent food. I see they have improved a lot of the formulas and brought out this new food for dogs with skin problems.

It looks like a good food to me, it has Salmon and Salmon Meal for the first 2 ingredients. Here is a link: